#5B2187#5B2187

#5B2187 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.161 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2187
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 135)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 75.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.91, 44.88, -45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.91, 64.14, 314.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39% 0.0949 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(39% 0.161 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2305, 5.0612, 23.4076)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2187 #4D8721

analogous

#282187 #5B2187 #872180

triadic

#5B2187 #875B21 #21875B

tetradic

#5B2187 #872821 #4D8721 #218087

square

#5B2187 #872821 #4D8721 #218087

split-complementary

#5B2187 #808721 #218728

monochromatic

#190925 #3A1556 #5B2187 #7C2DB8 #9A4FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#5B2187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5B2187 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2187

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2187	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.161 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62ab',
    500: '#5b2187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2187;
$custom-light: #8e62ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.118,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38998,
    "c": 0.16118,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2187

secondary

#7BB74D

accent

#E44489

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2187

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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